Tag: mental health
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It’s happening!!!
I interrupt this regularly schedule blog post to announce our first sticker pack! Guys, this is insane!!! I have tried to keep this news under wraps for as long as I possibility could. I can NOT contain my excitement any longer. Proceeds from this sticker pack will go directly to my American Foundation for Suicide Prevention…
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Series: Our transplant journey to the desert – How are we doing now
Welcome back! This is the final part of a series on our transplant journey to Arizona. If you haven’t read my first post for this series, you can catch up here. We have officially lived in Arizona for two years now. I would love to say that our life is perfect in the East Valley…
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Series: Parenting a child with mental illness – Managing daily life
Welcome back!This is part three of a four part series on parenting kids with mental illness. If you haven’t read my first post, you can catch up here . Being a Mom of teens is no walk in the park. I do not recommend parenting four teen girls at the same time. Now don’t get…
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The battle with my mind
Disclaimer: This is a journal entry that I wrote in the very beginning stages of creating this blog. I am sharing this very raw entry because it is truly what I hear in my mind. While I do still hear these lies, I am learning that I am strong than my thoughts. I am strong…
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Husband’s reaction to mental illness
I joke a lot about how my husband wouldn’t survive if we got a divorce. In my defense, he also jokes about how he isn’t able to function without my help either. While playful banter comes easy to us on a daily basis, mustering up the courage to tell him about my depression felt next…
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Series: Asking for help – Part 2: Resources
Welcome back! This is part two of a four part series, on helping yourself (or someone you know) with a mental crisis. If you haven’t read my first post, you can catch up here. To be quite honest, I have not utilized medical health professionals enough in my own life. Most of the time, I…
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Series: Asking for help – Part: 1 – Why is this so hard?
Listen, I am the last person to ask for help. I would honestly rather take on the entire burden of the task ahead of me rather than asking for help. A perfect example of this is the ways my husband and I decided we would raise our kids- utilizing the grandparents as childcare. We came…
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The 3 BE’s I’ve learned from launching a blog
Before you read any further, I want to extend my deepest gratitude that you are actually on my blog and reading anything on here. Putting your feeling on full display isn’t easy and I am so blessed to have this platform. I appreciate your presence. Hey TFM fam! The Filipino Mom blog is officially one…
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Something is wrong with me
Self diagnosis was the beginning of my mental health journey. I had felt “off” for months and decided to utilize “Doctor Google” to confirm my gut feeling. While I do not encourage consulting the internet for every little problem — and maybe becoming a little bit of a hypochondriac in the process — it confirmed…